Sunday, January 03, 2010

Thanks to a generous family member, I am now the proud owner of an entire shelf's worth of new cookbooks. This dear relative of mine never cooks, but has somehow amassed about a dozen cookbooks over the years, which he kindly shipped to me last week.

Naturally, I'm in heaven, and there's good news for you too! A few that he sent me were repeats of cookbooks that I already own, so I'm having a giveaway to pass them on to you. Just know that they're not brand spankin' new, but if it has been used, it was used lightly and with love.

If you'd like to know more about the book, I'd highly recommend checking out the Amazon page. It's full of fun facts like trivia, a historical timeline of the book, and celebrity reviews.

To enter:Leave a comment on this post by noon Pacific Time on Friday, January 8th. You can say anything, tell me who you are, where you're from, what you like to cook, how you found Playing House, or just say hi! I'll pick a random winner on Friday night.

Happy New Year, Amy! My mom and I spent Christmas in New York City this year. Among the many lovely things we did there, one was track down a vintage cookbook store in hopes of expanding my meager collection with a vintage, out-of-print gem. The store was amazing...but so overwhelming, we left with nothing! Oh silly us!

My silent, secret New Year's resolution is to learn to cook-- & like it. My husband will eat anything; a by-product of having been homeless for several important years of his young life. I hate that he'll eat anything canned. At least he looks for MSG on the label now. I want to send him to work with something delicious & possibly nutritious. Halp. OxOx.

that is so exciting! i hope you enjoy the new cookbooks you received and it is so nice of you to share the ones you already had! i actually stumbled upon your site, but i bookmarked it and now i check back very often. i am looking forward to trying some of the recipes.

I just got married a month ago and cooking was a major part of my bonding with my husband. Neither one of us had done much of it before, but we were both eager to learn, so we started together. Our time in the kitchen was filled with much laughter and priceless memories of our learning experiences. We still look forward to cooking together, as we both find it fun and therapeutic!

Nice giveaway. :) I'm not very big on cooking. It's only very recently that I've looked at various things online and cooking videos and am becoming more interested in trying to experiment and give cooking a real shot. Winning this would be really neat.

I can't believe I don't have a copy of Joy of Cooking yet. Isn't that like some kind of foodie sin? HA! Random fact about me: I hate bananas and cooked carrots. It's a texture thing. Thanks for hosting giveaway!

This is an important backbone of all cookbooks that my collection is lacking. How fun would it be to spend the weekend reading the Joy of Cooking! I used to read my mom's tattered old version when I was a kiddo.